# Amputations at Paramount Mushroom Farms, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2023065609` · 6/24/2023 · WEST GROVE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Paramount Mushroom Farms, LLC.
- **Location:** 325 South Jennersville Rd., WEST GROVE, PENNSYLVANIA, 19390
- **NAICS:** 111411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and a co-worker were laying nets for compost. The employee's left hand was on a gear for the compost conveyor when the machine started, resulting in fingertip amputations of the ring and middle fingers.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*